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Console Makers
Woo Creators
Of Videogames

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Nick Wingfield and

Robert A. Guth Staff Reporters of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Updated March 7, 2005 12:01 a.m. ET

The next battle for the hearts and minds of videogame creators has begun.

When thousands of game developers descend this week on a convention center in San Francisco for an annual conference, they'll face a full-scale charm offensive by three companies: Sony Corp., Microsoft Corp. and Nintendo Co. All three are expected to introduce new game-machine consoles within the next two years, beginning with a new version of the Microsoft Xbox...